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Slight rewind to Sat. Vos doing her bit for reputation of Dutch women's team đź‘Ť
View: https://twitter.com/IssieAtch/status/1441873081815928833?s=19
View: https://twitter.com/IssieAtch/status/1441873081815928833?s=19
Slight rewind to Sat. Vos doing her bit for reputation of Dutch women's team đź‘Ť
View: https://twitter.com/IssieAtch/status/1441873081815928833?s=19
Pidcock did say he thought JA had gone too soon.You made it sound like Pidcock could have followed JA but chose to follow WVA.
He was very much at the back in an Adam Yates style (or is it Simon), and I suspect he was following WVA's wheel, and thinking that he wanted to pull back JA more than TP did. And then realised too late that WVA didn't have the legs and he had missed the train. TP saving his matches for later?... and WVA said he didn't have the legs to go with JA. (A refreshingly honest interview).
Finally watched the "final" last night. Pidcock was waaaay at the back of the group when JA went for good. He may know otherwise, but I seriously doubt he could have gone with that attack.
Speculation all round! :P And a great race. Plenty of ebbs and flows; it was particularly interesting watching the lull when Remco peeled off, it felt like anything could happen at that moment and shape the result.
In his post-race interview in French, JA did thank the Belgian fans for shouting insults at him the whole way round as especially motivating! CyclingNews reports it as "There were many supporters for Belgium and they asked me to slow down. They weren’t sympathetic words but it gave me more motivation.” but I'm not sure if that's an English-language interview afterwards, rather than a translation.A shame someone lobbed a pint at JA in the finishing straight. It's not cyclo-cross!
You've reminded me of this (from 2019):A shame someone lobbed a pint at JA in the finishing straight. It's not cyclo-cross!
Saw that too.A shame someone lobbed a pint at JA in the finishing straight. It's not cyclo-cross!